Auto Club 500 - NASCAR Race

Name of Race:	Auto Club 500
Name of Track:	California Speedway
Date:	February 25th

Satellite View of California Speedway.

The California Speedway is a two-mile, low-banked, D-shaped oval speedway in Fontana, California, similar to that of Michigan International Speedway, approximately 40 miles east of Los Angeles on the site of the former Kaiser Steel mill.

It is a relatively new race track, opening in early 1997, and has additional configurations and facilities to accommodate "road" races, motorcycle races, vehicle testing, and drag races (Auto Club Dragway), even though the track cannot host NHRA national events, because of International Speedway Corporation's corporatewide deal with Pepsi. (The NHRA has a policy prohibiting certain Pepsi brands to be advertised anywhere at their national events as part of a deal with Coca-Cola.)

This racetrack is a stones throw from the old Ontario Motor Speedway and the old Riverside International Raceway.

After Riverside's closure in 1988, Southern California did not host a NASCAR race from 1988 to 1997, when the new California Speedway was opened.

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Auto Club 500 NASCAR Race Results

Below are the race results for Auto Club 500, in order of finishing place.

Fin	Driver	Num	Start	Money	Laps	Pts	Status	Sponsor
1	Matt Kenseth	17	25	$342,316	250	195	running	Carhartt
2	Jeff Gordon	24	1	$249,011	250	175	running	DuPont Cromax Pro
3	Jimmie Johnson	48	23	$212,811	250	170	running	Lowe's
4	Jeff Burton	31	8	$173,441	250	165	running	Cingular Wireless
5	Mark Martin	1	3	$171,708	250	160	running	U.S. Army
6	Clint Bowyer	7	6	$119,875	250	155	running	Jack Daniel's
7	Kurt Busch	2	18	$140,583	250	146	running	Miller Lite
8	Tony Stewart	20	11	$148,161	250	147	running	The Home Depot
9	Kyle Busch	5	12	$109,525	250	143	running	CARQUEST / Kellogg's
10	Brian Vickers	83	15	$94,400	250	134	running	Red Bull
11	Denny Hamlin	11	17	$116,800	250	130	running	FedEx Freight
12	Ryan Newman	12	19	$128,275	250	127	running	Mobil 1
13	J.J. Yeley	18	29	$124,958	250	124	running	Interstate Batteries
14	Joe Nemechek	13	26	$90,450	250	121	running	CertainTeed
15	Greg Biffle	16	13	$108,400	250	123	running	Ameriquest
16	David Ragan	6	39	$130,075	250	115	running	AAA Insurance So. Cal.
17	Kevin Harvick	29	4	$136,786	250	117	running	Shell / Pennzoil
18	Johnny Sauter	70	31	$87,450	249	109	running	Best Buy
19	David Stremme	40	24	$90,850	249	106	running	Coors Light
20	Paul Menard	15	22	$87,850	249	103	running	Menards / Quaker State
21	Robby Gordon	7	42	$90,700	249	100	running	Jim Beam
22	Kyle Petty	45	37	$104,908	249	102	running	Wells Fargo
23	Tony Raines	96	41	$99,500	249	94	running	DLP HDTV
24	Elliott Sadler	19	38	$105,670	248	91	running	Dodge Dealers / UAW
25	David Gilliland	38	40	$114,314	248	88	running	M&M's
26	Juan Montoya	42	9	$120,475	248	85	running	Texaco / Havoline
27	Ricky Rudd	88	34	$116,233	248	82	running	Snickers
28	Bobby Labonte	43	28	$121,436	248	79	running	Cheerios / Betty Crocker
29	Carl Edwards	99	21	$92,200	247	76	running	Office Depot "SBON"
30	Jeff Green	66	16	$106,608	247	73	running	Yellow Trans.
31	Casey Mears	25	10	$91,275	246	70	running	National Guard / GMAC
32	Dale Jarrett	44	43	$80,575	246	67	running	UPS
33	David Reutimann	0	33	$92,958	239	64	Accident	Domino's Pizza
34	John Andretti	37	32	$80,150	220	61	electrical	Camping World / RVs.com
35	Sterling Marlin	14	27	$89,472	198	58	Accident	Panasonic
36	Ken Schrader	21	36	$98,989	160	55	engine	Little Debbie
37	Jamie McMurray	26	35	$87,550	134	52	running	Crown Royal
38	Kasey Kahne	9	2	$137,991	129	54	engine	Dodge Dealers / UAW
39	Dave Blaney	22	14	$87,180	112	46	engine	Caterpillar
40	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	8	5	$124,433	74	43	engine	Budweiser
41	Scott Riggs	10	30	$86,900	16	40	Accident	Stanley Tools / Valvoline
42	Martin Truex, Jr.	1	7	$105,155	14	37	engine	Bass Pro Shops / Tracker
43	Reed Sorenson	41	20	$86,963	7	34	Accident	Energizer e2 Lithium